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SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECTS 
COTTON 
BOLL WEEVIL Unvhononms grand is Boh. ) 
North 
Carolina 
Franklin She man (Sep- ember 33) - -The principal entomological 
event cf the pasS month in North Carolina has "been the rapid 
increase of the "boll weevil in territory invaded a year ago, and 
its early and rapid migration into new areas. The new territory 
invaded by it this year is already as wide as the entire new 
area invaded last year, and the migration season is not half over. 
It has been found in numbers at places 30 to 40 miles north of 
its limit a year ago« v 
Louisiana T. H» Jones (September 10) . "Judging from reports, the cotton 
boll weevil has caused severe injury to the cotton crop in 
Louisiana this year," 
San 
Salvador 
J. L, Webb (Bureau of Entomology) "Specimens of the boll weevil 
were recently received from Mr. S, Caldron, collected from cotton 
d-uring August on the island of San Salvador. Up to this time 
this pest was not known to occur on that island." 
RED SPIDFR ( Tetranychu s telarius L ) 
North 
Carolina A. C. Foster (September 1.) "Very destructive in north-central 
counties of this State," 
COTTON WORM (Alabama argillacea Hiibn.) 
New Ycrk E. P. Felt (September 21). "Cotton moth has appeared in small 
numbers in various localities in the State, notably Albany, 
Utica, and Silver Creek," 
Michigan R. H. Pettit (September 15). "Adults fairly abundant at Provement 
and Holland." 
Louisiana T. H. Jones (September 19) . "All cotton fields in the vicinity of 
Alexandria, seen on a field trip today, have been defoliated by the 
larvae. Pupae and pupal cases the only stages now noted. Was 
told by the pink bollworm inspectors of the Federal Horticultural 
Board that they had noted fields defoliated from Cpelousas to 
Alexandria in a recent trip over the road." 
